Peru’s Congress ousts cabinet as political crisis deepens
LIMA (Reuters) – Peru’s opposition-controlled Congress ousted center-right President Pedro Pablo Kuczynski’s cabinet in a vote of no-confidence early on Friday, pitching the copper-producing Andean country into its worst political crisis in years.
Taiwan jails mainland Chinese man on national security charge
TAIPEI (Reuters) – A Taiwan court on Friday jailed a mainland Chinese man for 14 months for breaching national security laws, following months of strained relations over China’s detention of a national from the self-ruled island.
Philippines orders retraining, reassignment of 1,200 police after alleged abuses
MANILA (Reuters) – The Philippine capital’s police chief ordered that the entire 1,200-member police force in one of Manila’s biggest areas be relieved of duty and retrained on Friday in response to a series of controversies, including the killing of t…
North Korea fires another missile over Japan, deepening regional tensions
SEOUL/TOKYO (Reuters) – North Korea fired a missile that flew over Japan’s northern Hokkaido far out into the Pacific Ocean on Friday, South Korean and Japanese officials said, deepening tensions after Pyongyang’s recent test of its most powerful nucle…
Cambodia PM calls on U.S. to withdraw Peace Corps volunteers
PHNOM PENH (Reuters) – Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen called on the United States on Friday to withdraw Peace Corps volunteers in an escalating row over accusations that U.S. agents conspired with an opposition leader to plot treason.
Australia to move 200 asylum seekers to new PNG detention center
SYDNEY (Reuters) – Approximately two hundred men held in a remote Australian-run detention center will be moved to a new facility within weeks, the country’s immigration minister said.
Taiwan jails mainland Chinese student on national security charge
TAIPEI (Reuters) – A Taiwan district court on Friday sentenced a mainland Chinese student to 14 months imprisonment for breaching national security laws.
Guatemala Congress says it will withdraw contested graft reforms
GUATEMALA CITY (Reuters) – Guatemala’s Congress announced on Thursday that it will withdraw controversial reforms that critics had described as a serious setback in the country’s fight against political corruption.
Saviors or profiteers? Bangladesh fishermen rescue Rohingya, for a price
SHAMLAPUR, Bangladesh (Reuters) – For tens of thousands of Rohingya Muslims, an informal fleet of small wooden fishing boats has meant deliverance from what they say is an indiscriminate assault on their villages by the Myanmar army.
U.S. nuclear commander says assuming North Korea tested hydrogen bomb
OFFUTT AIR FORCE BASE, Neb. (Reuters) – The U.S. general who oversees America’s nuclear forces said on Thursday he was making the assumption that North Korea did in fact test a hydrogen bomb on Sept. 3, crossing a key threshold in its weapons developme…
